Player of the Year

Patrick Kelly, Calvert Hall (Md.)

Kelly, a senior attackman, led Calvert Hall to its first
Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association "A" Conference
championship since 2003. He collected 44 goals, 41 assists and 57
groundballs — amazing numbers considering he played only
parts of some games in an 18-game season.

He was named the C. Markland Kelly Award winner as Maryland's
top high school boys' lacrosse player.

"Patrick was a complete player," Calvert Hall coach Bryan Kelly
said. "He was a phenomenal feeder, a great dodger and finisher and
the quarterback of the team."

Kelly will play at North Carolina next year.

Spotlight on...

Conestoga (Pa.) won its third straight Pennsylvania
Interscholastic Athletic Association championship by downing La
Salle College (Pa.), 10-7. Tyler Brooke had four goals, Bradlee
Lord contributed two goals and four assists, while Robbie Zonino
was brilliant as the second-half goalie as the Pioneers (23-3)
improved their record to a remarkable 96-8 over the past four
years.

Conestoga has reached the PIAA title game all four years it has
been played. The Pioneers fell to La Salle, 7-3, in the 2009 finals
and then bested the Explorers, 10-6, in 2010. Last year they
defeated St. Joseph's Prep (Pa.), 13-4, in the title game.

"Our coaches told us don't worry about the pressure and to just
have enthusiasm and take advantage of the opportunity," senior
long-stick midfielder Miles Thomas said. "That's what we did."

Conestoga fell behind 2-0 but then outscored La Salle 7-2 over
the next three periods. Zonino, a junior, was sensational in the
third period with five saves.

"I'm so overcome with emotion; I don't know how to feel," senior
defenseman Jamie Ikeda said. "I am so excited, but at the same time
I want to cry because it's over. We did it as a team."

La Salle led 3-1 after Matt Rambo (1g, 3a) scored early in the
second quarter. But Connor Frisina (2g) made it 3-2 and Brooke
scored twice in a row to give his team the lead for the first
time.

Adam Schaal tied the game with 1:46 to play, but Jake Scott gave
the Pioneers a 5-4 halftime edge on a rebound with six seconds left
in the second period.

Then in the third quarter, Zonino began making big save after
big save as the regular rotation goalie for Brody Shea, who also
was solid with five saves. Brooke scored from Lord to make it 6-4
and after Adam Stefanowicz drew the Explorers within 6-5, Lord
scored off a Jordan Klunder assist and Frisina made it 8-5.

Conestoga's defense — seniors Ikeda and Zach Parro and
junior Carson Scott and longpoles Thomas and Nick Prestipino
— was key in holding down a La Salle attack that had been
dominating in the state playoffs. Thomas, as he has all year,
caused several key turnovers that led to fastbreak goals.

The Pioneers won their final 12 games after a disappointing loss
to Haverford School (Pa.) at the Katie Samson Festival. They
graduate 21 seniors. The seven goals they allowed in the title game
was the most they yielded in that winning streak.

"We try to block out [the pressure to repeat] out as much as we
can," Frisina said. "If we work as a team we can accomplish a lot.
And that's what we did today."